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The independent news website of The Kent Stater & KSTV

KentStater
The independent news website of The Kent Stater & KSTV

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All content by Gretchen Lasso

Embracing the atypical: How one graduate student found his craft

Laina Yost
May 2, 2019
Illustration of Beverly Warren.

The ‘adopted midwesterner’: President Warren says goodbye

Laina Yost
May 1, 2019
Shawn Riley, board member and leader of the presidential search committee, gives President-elect Todd Diacon a bouquet of flowers and a gift basket. 

Meet Kent State’s next president: Todd Diacon

Laina Yost
April 29, 2019
Provost Todd Diacon speaks with the press following Monday's Board of Trustees meeting where he was named the next president of Kent State University.

Diacon selected by Board of Trustees as 13th president

Laina Yost
April 29, 2019
President Beverly Warren addresses the Board of Trustees on Wednesday.

Kent State trustees to meet Monday; expected to take action on presidential search

Laina Yost
April 28, 2019
A group walks along the Kent State esplanade toward downtown. 

Presidential search firm receives suggestions, nominations for Kent State’s next president

Laina Yost
April 17, 2019
Title IX illustration

Universities confront Title IX policy changes after proposed regulations, federal court rulings

Laina Yost
March 31, 2019
Sen. Sherrod Brown (D-OH) speaks during the Dorchester County Democrats' First Annual Oyster Roast in Summerville, SC, March 2, 2019. Brown stopped to speak during his "Dignity of Work" listening tour.

Brown introduces higher education bills to cut debt

Laina Yost
March 13, 2019
A screenshot of Kent State President Beverly Warren thanking the Kent State community for their generosity on Giving Tuesday

KSU sets expectations for Warren’s successor in new presidential profile

Laina Yost
January 24, 2019
Shawn Riley, the presidential search committee chair, during an interview with KentWired Wednesday, Jan. 23, 2019.

The new KSU presidential search committee chair

Laina Yost
January 23, 2019

REFLECTION: A snowy realization

Laina Yost
January 21, 2019
Kent State University Board of Trustees Chair Ralph Della Ratta holds the “committee of the whole” meeting on Dec. 5, 2018. At right is President Beverly Warren. The Board named an executive search firm, Russell Reynolds Associates, to find Warren’s replacement when she retires July 1, 2019.

Here’s the progress you missed over break

Laina Yost
January 13, 2019
Kent State University Board of Trustees Chair Ralph Della Ratta holds the “committee of the whole” meeting on Dec. 5, 2018. At right is President Beverly Warren. The Board named an executive search firm, Russell Reynolds Associates, to find Warren’s replacement when she retires July 1, 2019.

KSU journalism professors urge open presidential search

Laina Yost
December 19, 2018

Kent State to pay at least $179K for presidential search, contract details ‘trade secrets’ claim from search firm

Laina Yost
December 13, 2018
Kent State University Board of Trustees Chair Ralph Della Ratta holds the “committee of the whole” meeting on Dec. 5, 2018. At right is President Beverly Warren. The Board named an executive search firm, Russell Reynolds Associates, to find Warren’s replacement when she retires July 1, 2019.

Presidential search committee announced

Laina Yost
December 10, 2018
Kent State University Board of Trustees Chair Ralph Della Ratta holds the “committee of the whole” meeting on Dec. 5, 2018. At right is President Beverly Warren. The Board named an executive search firm, Russell Reynolds Associates, to find Warren’s replacement when she retires July 1, 2019.

Search firm proposed closed search for new Kent State president

Laina Yost
December 10, 2018
Kent State University Board of Trustees Chair Ralph Della Ratta holds the “committee of the whole” meeting on Dec. 5, 2018. At right is President Beverly Warren. The Board named an executive search firm, Russell Reynolds Associates, to find Warren’s replacement when she retires July 1, 2019.

Board of Trustees chooses presidential search firm and committee chair

Laina Yost
December 5, 2018
Kent State President-Elect Dr. Beverly Warren speaks to the public and the Board of Trustees in the Rockwell Hall atrium Wednesday, Jan. 8, 2014, after the board meeting that confirmed as the universities 12th president. Warren will take over for President Lester Lefton in July.

As Warren prepares to depart, a search begins

Laina Yost
November 14, 2018
Police say the incident happened here on Holly Drive around 8am yesterday morning.

Kent police report sexual assault on Holly Drive

Laina Yost
November 2, 2018

A quick rundown of the upcoming Ohio elections

Laina Yost
October 31, 2018
Kent State President Beverly Warren reads Dr. Suess’s “The Cat in the Hat” to school kids for Read Across America at the University Bookstore on Tuesday, Feb. 28, 2017. 

Bev says goodbye: Kent State’s charismatic president announces she’ll depart position in July

Laina Yost
October 24, 2018
From left to right: Renaldo Dixon, Marquis Patterson and Maxim Matthee-O'Brien. 

Arraignments set for three of four arrested during open-carry walk

Laina Yost
October 3, 2018

Warren praises KSU Homecoming at Bowman Breakfast

Laina Yost
October 3, 2018
From left to right: Renaldo Dixon, Marquis Patterson and Maxim Matthee-O'Brien. 

Arraignments set for three of four arrested during open-carry walk

Laina Yost
October 1, 2018

Kent Creativity Fest canceled

Laina Yost
September 28, 2018
Black United Students walk in solidarity and silence as they protest against the gun violence in the country.

BUS to host counterevent to open carry march on Saturday

Laina Yost
September 26, 2018

Kent organizations pushing for student registration for upcoming midterms

Laina Yost
September 26, 2018
Black United Students walk in solidarity and silence as they protest against the gun violence in the country.

BUS to host counter-event to open-carry march on Saturday

Laina Yost
September 26, 2018
President Beverly Warren and Congressman Tim Ryan present check to faculty researchers on Monday, Sept. 10, 2018. 

Tim Ryan presents research grant to Kent State

Laina Yost
September 10, 2018
The Kent Stater | Eslah Attar | Democratic Sen. Sherrod Brown, speaks to Kent State Students on the climate of the current political election in Franklin Hall at Kent State on March 30, 2016.

A quick rundown of the Ohio November elections

Laina Yost
September 5, 2018
Enrollment infographic

Why Ohio college enrollment is declining, how higher education is responding

Laina Yost
May 8, 2018
President Beverly Warren presents a slideshow on the university's 10-year, $1.2 billion Master Plan to members of Faculty Senate at a meeting Monday, April 9, 2018.

Kent State colleges anticipate revenue declines in the upcoming year

Laina Yost
May 8, 2018

Avant Fashion Show hosts fashion show

April 30, 2018

[Video] Tornado warning sirens cause Kent residences to seek shelter

April 16, 2018
Ohio Gov. John Kasich has appointed Robert S. Frost from Lakewood, Ohio, to the Kent State University Board of Trustees.

What to know about new KSU trustee Robert Frost

Laina Yost
April 13, 2018

[Video] SRVSS designs coffee sleeves for Sexual Assault Awareness Month

April 9, 2018

Bowman Breakfast celebrates City of Kent and Kent State partnership

Laina Yost
April 4, 2018

[Video] Sinclair Broadcast Group sparks controversy

April 2, 2018

Students’ rights for walkouts

March 12, 2018

[Video] Student Resources for Sexual Assault Survivors

March 12, 2018
(left to right) Beverley Warren, Larry Pollock and Shawn Riley address the press after the Board of Trustees meeting, March 7, 2018.

Tuition freeze, meal plan costs defined at Board of Trustees; Master Plan approved

Laina Yost
March 7, 2018

[Video] World Mission Society Church of God causes concerns with students

February 12, 2018
Liquid crystal design student Tanya Lopatkina sews a jacket design that can convert into a bag for Fashion Tech Hackathon in Rockwell Hall Saturday, Jan. 28, 2017. With little time for eating and sleeping, Fashion Tech Hackathon is a weekend long competition in which students from different schools team up as fashion designers and engineers to create wearable technology.

Fashion looks to the future in new expansion plans at Rockwell Hall

Laina Yost
February 11, 2018

Meal plans to change in Fall 2018

Laina Yost
February 11, 2018

[Video] Update on Kent State Student hit by car on South Lincoln Street

January 29, 2018

Medical marijuana makes its way to Portage County, but not yet to Kent campus

Laina Yost
January 26, 2018

[Video] International sustainability competition focuses on global development

November 13, 2017
David Horowitz walks toward the room on the third floor of the Student Center where he will deliver a speech.

Pro-Israel writer speaks on campus despite raised concerns

Laina Yost
October 24, 2017
The sign outside the One Stop office on the first floor of the Library.

Embattled One Stop service faces student criticism

Laina Yost
October 8, 2017

Ohio releases report cards, revealing mixed results at Kent City Schools

Laina Yost
September 17, 2017
Ohio Gov. John Kasich

Ohio’s political roundup: The 2018 governor’s race heats up

Laina Yost
September 3, 2017

Friday prayer marks end of Islam Awareness Week

Gretchen Lasso
April 21, 2017
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